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Topic: ‘A Grain of Wheat’ as a National Epic of Anti-colonial struggle.
Paper:13 The African Literature.
Bhumi Vajani M.A.-2 Sem-4 Roll No:04 Year-2014
Submitted to:-
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“A Grain of Wheat”
National Epic
Anti- colonial struggle
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‘Mau Mau’ Revolt
Condition of African Labors
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Physical
Psychological
Political
The novel can be summarized as a
‘collective act of recalling and reflecting on the past’
that is a narration of nation.
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Anti-Colonial Struggle
The action of novel focuses on the protagonists’ remembrances of the events of the
‘Mau Mau ’ Revolt- the birth of
a new Kenya.
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Uhuru -Freedom
The possibility to replace the colonizer with changing the existing social, political and economical structure.
“We get Uhuru today. But what’s the meaning of ‘Uhuru’ ? It is contained in the name of over Movement: Land&
Freedom.-General R. (in his independence
speech)
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The New Kenyan
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Rabindranath Tagor’s Poem
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“A Grain of Wheat” can be
called ‘impossible
irony’ of nationalism in the words of
Terry Eagleton
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Submitted To: Dr. Dilip Barad Heenaba Zala
Department of EnglishM.K. Bhavnagar University.
Gujarat